Microsoft Revenue Surges on Strong Sales of Vista, Office

Microsoft reported a 27 percent surge in revenue to $13.76 billion for the first quarter of 2007, which ended September 30, 2007, making it the fastest growth in revenue for any first quarter in seven years, and up almost $3 billion from the same quarter a year ago.

The software maker, headquartered in Redmond, Wash., said the results were buoyed by combined revenue growth of more than 20 percent across its client, business, and server and tools businesses.

This reflected "robust demand for Windows Vista, the 2007 Microsoft Office system, Windows Server, and SQL Server," Chris Liddell, Microsoft's chief financial officer, said in a statement released Oct. 25 after the close of the financial markets in New York.

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